Paramount woman sentenced in husband's beating death

A Paramount woman pleaded no contest Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter for her husband's beating death last summer.

Olga Puente, 45, was immediately sentenced to time already served in county jail since her arrest last Aug. 20, along with five years' probation and psychological counseling, according to Deputy District Attorney Jodi Link.

"This was the just thing to happen in this case," the prosecutor said, noting there was a history of domestic violence, including prior incidents in which Miguel Puente assaulted his wife.

The woman told authorities she killed her husband in self-defense as he tried to strangle her with a rag, and an autopsy showed the man suffered some wounds that were consistent with his wife defending herself, according to the prosecutor.